Bellevue Park was a wooden stadium built in the spring of 1923 in Preble, Wisconsin, a community later absorbed into Green Bay. Constructed in roughly three weeks using lumber salvaged from the recently demolished Hagemeister Park, the field was designed primarily for baseball and sat east of the Hagemeister Brewery, which also gave the park its name through the brewery’s Bellevue Ice Cream brand.
For two seasons, Bellevue Park doubled as home turf for the Green Bay Packers, who were still a young NFL franchise finding its footing. The team posted a 9-2-1 record across 12 NFL games there, including its first-ever victory over the Chicago Bears, before outgrowing the modest facility and relocating to the newly built City Stadium in 1925.
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Stats at a Glance
- Team(s): Green Bay Packers (NFL, 1923-1924)
- Location: Preble, Wisconsin (now Green Bay)
- Opened: Spring 1923
- Demolished: 1928
- Capacity: About 1,700, later expanded toward 3,000-4,000
- Surface: Natural grass
- Notable fact: Site of the Packers’ first-ever win over the Chicago Bears
The Ride Experience
Bellevue Park was never built for football spectacle. The seating ran too close to one sideline and too far from the other, and one end zone measured a full three yards shorter than its counterpart, a quirk that made for an oddly shaped gridiron tucked inside a baseball park. Fans who made the trek out from downtown Green Bay found parking scarce and the walk from town longer than many cared to make week after week.
Even so, the games themselves delivered. The Packers’ 1923 and 1924 seasons at Bellevue included hard-fought wins that helped establish the franchise’s early identity, and the stadium’s rough-and-ready atmosphere became part of Green Bay football lore even after the team moved on.
Decline and Legacy
By 1925, the Packers’ ownership recognized that Bellevue Park’s layout and location couldn’t support a growing fan base, and the team shifted to the purpose-built City Stadium. Bellevue continued hosting local and semipro baseball, including games for the Green Sox, until 1928, when the site was cleared for commercial development.
Today, nothing of the original structure remains, but the location is marked along the Packers Heritage Trail with a historic plaque, preserving the memory of one of the franchise’s earliest homes.
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Bellevue Park FAQs
Where was Bellevue Park located?
It stood in Preble, Wisconsin, a town later annexed into Green Bay, near the former Hagemeister Brewery.
How long did the Green Bay Packers play at Bellevue Park?
The Packers used it as their home field for two NFL seasons, 1923 and 1924, before moving to City Stadium in 1925.
Why was Bellevue Park torn down?
Baseball continued there after the Packers left, but the park was demolished in 1928 to make way for commercial development.
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